As the host school of the inaugural UAAP esports, there was an unsaid amount of pressure for the Ateneo Blue Eagles to perform. Trina Aligada of ADMU’s University Athletics Office has entrusted the fate of the Ateneo Blue Eagles to the esports expertise and experience of local campus gaming organization, Loyola Gaming (LG) Esports.

LG Esports is one of the ten(10) pioneering Alliance organizations that serves to enrich campus gaming in their community. 

Their officers Bruce Go, Cristyl Pangilan, Felix Galang III, Emilio Gentolia, Japheth Samaco, Micah Go, and Carmen Mondoñedo were fielded to ensure a solid foundation for the Ateneo Blue Eagles’ first run in esports.

Carmen Mondoñedo was a former La Sallian, and co-founder of the now dissolved La Sallian Esports Club. There she found love for backend esports work, particularly business development and league operations. After many turns of fate, she found herself in her new community in ADMU.

There she continued to deliver quality work with experience she earned throughout the years, which proved to be useful in ADMU’s preparation for the inaugural UAAP esports.

“All the uncertainty. On top of UAAP Esports' novelty, there were so many tentative details and vague restrictions that made it difficult for us to talk to sponsors. They wanted concrete figures while we were working with guesstimates.” she said, talking about the biggest hurdle in their UAAP preparations.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles ended their UAAP esports run with a group stage exit in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, a bronze medal finish for Valorant, and a championship in NBA2K.

Rivalries aside, ADMU and DLSU in esports have a deep, shared history with both having their fair shares of triumphs and defeats. Carmen Mondoñedo serves as an example that wherever you may be from, you could be of service to the community around you.